I totally agree. The news articles were fine, but they dragged on through almost a third of the book. I think that's what made them so tedious.WendyNorth wrote: ↑20 Aug 2018, 15:54 Least favorite part was the news articles. At a few points I wanted to quit reading because I was so bored with those parts. I'm glad I pressed on, but I think those could definitely be refined or the main details presented in the story some other way. At first I did like that information was being presented in a different way, but ultimately it grew boring after awhile, and I was thankful to get back into the parts with action and characters to get to know.
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Least: The death of Kelly. I thought she touched Sliver's buried personality and brought out the best in him. I was hoping they would form a duo to fight injustices.
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I didn't know if the death of Kelly was totally necessary. I agree that it could have been better if the two of them formed some sort of team (with their crazy entourage of AI and cyborgs). It would have definitely opened it up to a sequel a well.kdstrack wrote: ↑22 Aug 2018, 20:45 Favorite: The conversations between Sliver and Franklin. The humor was needed to balance the long news article chapters.
Least: The death of Kelly. I thought she touched Sliver's buried personality and brought out the best in him. I was hoping they would form a duo to fight injustices.
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The best parts of the book are scenes filled with sense of humor, especially Franklin's.
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I wonder if the Kelly's demise isn't part of an overall schematic theme of introducing a new female character in each installment - similar to the 007 movies?? She reminded Sliver of what he was like before Ancarn (BA). She made him realize that he could be something more than a covert assassin. In the end, that was something that motivated him to not jump. She gave him hope, and that hope survived, even when she didn'tBianka Walter wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 02:30I didn't know if the death of Kelly was totally necessary. I agree that it could have been better if the two of them formed some sort of team (with their crazy entourage of AI and cyborgs). It would have definitely opened it up to a sequel a well.kdstrack wrote: ↑22 Aug 2018, 20:45 Favorite: The conversations between Sliver and Franklin. The humor was needed to balance the long news article chapters.
Least: The death of Kelly. I thought she touched Sliver's buried personality and brought out the best in him. I was hoping they would form a duo to fight injustices.
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kdstrack wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 06:52I wonder if the Kelly's demise isn't part of an overall schematic theme of introducing a new female character in each installment - similar to the 007 movies?? She reminded Sliver of what he was like before Ancarn (BA). She made him realize that he could be something more than a covert assassin. In the end, that was something that motivated him to not jump. She gave him hope, and that hope survived, even when she didn'tBianka Walter wrote: ↑23 Aug 2018, 02:30I didn't know if the death of Kelly was totally necessary. I agree that it could have been better if the two of them formed some sort of team (with their crazy entourage of AI and cyborgs). It would have definitely opened it up to a sequel a well.kdstrack wrote: ↑22 Aug 2018, 20:45 Favorite: The conversations between Sliver and Franklin. The humor was needed to balance the long news article chapters.
Least: The death of Kelly. I thought she touched Sliver's buried personality and brought out the best in him. I was hoping they would form a duo to fight injustices.
BA - love that.
Well, either way, I suppose you've just mentioned loads of ways that it was actually ok that she died! And it's all for the betterment of a sequel. My biggest qualm is that this book was written in 2012, I wonder where our long-awaited sequel is?
Bye, Kelly. Ala-James-Bond, you will be replaced with a better, less dressed version in the sequel
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Sliver and Rex breaking into the loan shark's office.
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i personally was expecting kelly to die. gariffo needed a way to add emotion in the book and he went with a cliche death.
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I'd have to say that the conversations between Sliver and Franklin were probably my favorite too. They were quite funny together, and I couldn't help but appreciate the dry sense of humor all around.kdstrack wrote: ↑22 Aug 2018, 20:45 Favorite: The conversations between Sliver and Franklin. The humor was needed to balance the long news article chapters.
Least: The death of Kelly. I thought she touched Sliver's buried personality and brought out the best in him. I was hoping they would form a duo to fight injustices.
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As for my favorite part, the ending was exciting and not quite what I expected. Without giving away any details, I did see some things coming, but the author made it exciting and left some things to be a surprise.
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Most favorite for me was the character of Franklin. He could lighten any gloomy mood with his humor!
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I've picked up the book so many times, read a few pages, and then switched to the cozy mystery series I've been enjoying.
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I LOVED Franklin. I can't wait till we can all have onejoycechitwa wrote: ↑29 Aug 2018, 10:22 Least favorite for me definitely has got to be the newspaper articles. Why wouldn't the author just probably put them as a reference in the end for those who want to read the whole thing, and just stick with the summary of what it said?
Most favorite for me was the character of Franklin. He could lighten any gloomy mood with his humor!
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